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HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

The impact of pancreas disease (PD) on flesh quality of Atlantic salmon

PD is a serious and infectious disease. In 2005, PD was diagnosed in salmon at 35 seawater locations as compared to 11 in year 2000. Most Norwegian salmon farms with a PD diagnosis are located in Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordene but PD is unfortunately spre ading to new geographic areas. The indust...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Product quality of farmed Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua): Effects of handling stress and storage conditions

The project addresses important steps in the value chain from cage and into the market. Effects of handling stress, storage conditions, possible interactions between them, and how this may influence the quality of the muscle of farmed cod (Gadus morhua) a s food and raw material for further proce...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Konsekvenser av endringer i etterspørselsforhold og markedsvekst for utvikling, risiko og fremtidig vekst av norsk oppdrettsnæring

Laksenæringen har de siste år vært gjennom enorme kontraster i forhold til lønnsomhet og produksjonsøkning, samt betydelige prissvingninger. Året 2000 var et av de mest sa lønnsomme næringen har opplevd, mens 2003 var blant de absolutt dårligste. I 2006 e r vi på vei mot et nytt toppår. Det er in...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SIP-FKD-SIP finansiert av Fiskeri- og Kystdepartementet

Future catch platform for the Norwegian fishing fleet

The aim of the Strategic Institute Programme (SIP) is to further develop SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture as a national and international research institute within the field of fisheries technology. The programme will emphasize the development of energy e fficient fishing vessels, increased work ...

Awarded: NOK 12.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ISPJUS-ISP - Satsing på juridisk forskning

Bærekraftig utvikling av havområdene i nord. Muligheter og trusler.

Hovedaktiviteten bestått av to PhD prosjekt. Det første, "Third State Involvement in the Context of Establishing the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf" behandler prosessen med å fastsette yttergrensen for kontinentalsokkelen hvor denne strekker seg utover 200 nautiske mil fra kysten. Klarlegg...

Awarded: NOK 3.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2015

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Proposal for a National consortium in Fish Genomics - FishGen

The present proposal describes the establishment of a National Consortium in fish genomics (FishGen). The main partners in the FishGen are; Institute of Marine Research (IMR), University of Bergen (UoB), National institute of nutrition and seafood researc h (NIFES), University of Tromsø (UiTø), N...

Awarded: NOK 14.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Market-based value adding and differentiation of salmon

This project aims to provide novel insights that can help Norwegian salmon companies to improve their long term competitiveness and profitability through enhanced value adding and differentiation strategies. The project will base its results on in-depth s tudies of key buyers in three important m...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Regulatory pathways of skeletal development in teleost fish: The impact of genetic, dietary, and environmental factors.

This proposal addresses the necessity to establish collaborative projects between Norwegian and North-American research institutions working in the field of fish skeletal development and malformation. A workshop, organised in Canada (Halifax) by scientist s from AKVAFORSK, NRC and Univ. of Dalhou...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Modelling disease dispersal in marine fish aquaculture in Norwegian coastal areas: Contributions to a new concept of area management?

As a measure to avoid the spreading of fish and shellfish diseases, a defined distance is required between all aquaculture facilities. From 2006, this requirement was also implemented for intermediate live storing of fish. The established distance regulat ions represent a clear limitation to the ...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Verification of traceability data of marine oils with emphasis on species,geographical origin and processing conditions

The Norwegian Food Safety Authoritiy (NFSA) is responsible for inspection of the marine oils that are part of the Norwegian trade. Necessary for that task, and nowadays unfortunately unavailable, there must be effective routines and analytical methods sui table to verify the authenticity of the o...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Kvalitet og mattrygghet i den pelagiske verdikjeden - verdioptimalisering gjennom økt kompetanse

Forskningsaktiviteten i det avsluttede prosjektet "Pelagisk kvalitet - fra hav til fat" har avdekket en rekke kritiske punkter, både ombord og i mottaksanlegg, som er av stor betydning for kvaliteten og mattryggheten for pelagisk fiskeråstoff. Et av de vi ktigste kriteriene for å kunne definere k...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-FKD-SIP finansiert av Fiskeri- og Kystdepartementet

Dynamic and integrated production biology of farmed salmon in sea

The salmon farming industry demands optimal production through-out the entire life-cycle. This demand is currently not realized due to seasonal environmental changes that dramatically influences on feed intake, lipid accumulation, and growth rate during t he sea stage. To improve the predictabili...

Awarded: NOK 12.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Commercial mid-water trawling for cod, haddock and saithe: Shifting effort to reduce impact on bottom fauna of bottom trawling(FHFinn182490)

Concerns have been raised about the impact of bottom trawling on the benthic community. In Norway, considerable damage to deep-water coral reefs by trawlers have led to the closure of areas and initiated mapping of larger bottom areas of the Barents Sea. In this project we will explore the implic...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

USE OF SNP-CHIPS AND SELECTIVE DNA POOLING FOR IDENTIFYING DISEASE RESISTANCE MARKERS IN ATLANTIC SALMON

The main objective of this project is to find molecular markers that can be implemented in a marker assisted selection program (MAS) to increase genetic resistance to infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) in the Norwegian Atlantic salmon breeding program. MAS h as a great potential to increase the rate...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Metabolic scaling in teleosts

Metabolic scaling is a widely recognised problem in biology. The underlying causes for the disproportionate relationship between the metabolic rate of an organism and its body size have long puzzled scientists, and continue to be controversial. In recent years this fascinating subject has been tr...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Linking physics and biology - Structuring of cod-populations in the North Sea/Skagerrak water-system

We propose to study the physical and biological mechanisms that generate and maintain a highly genetically structured population of cod in the Skagerrak water system. We hypothesize that a combination of oceanographic features (i.e., within fjords water c irculation), spawning behavior (i.e. stro...

Awarded: NOK 6.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Oslo

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Networks or markets? The recruitment challenges in future fisheries and marine industries, dr.gr.stip.

The radical changes that happen in coastal communities and industries;the processes of structuration, mechanisation, and increased governance, which we call cyborgisation processes, seem to have had consequences for the employment systems in marine commun ities. However, very little is known abou...

Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Vertical distribution: hybridisation barrier between escapee and wild cod?

Most farmed cod are produced in net-pens in sheltered coastal areas used as habitat by coastal cod. As future expansion of the industry is expected, interactions between farmed escapees and local coastal stock are inevitable. Genetic introgression from es capees has caused fitness depression in w...

Awarded: NOK 0.60 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Påvirker avlsarbeidet for økt sjukdomsresistens forekomsten av vaksineskader, immunrespons og effekten av vaksinering ?

I de norske avlsprogrammene for laksefisk har det gjennom flere generasjoner blitt selektert for økt resistens mot infeksjonssjukdommene furunkulose og ILA og metoden, smittetest med uvaksinert presmolt, har blitt tatt i bruk for flere arter andre steder i verden. Det er vist at slik seleksjon øk...

Awarded: NOK 7.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Learning ability, cognitive capacity and welfare of farmed fish

This project will give new knowledge and basic understanding about learning ability and cognitive capacity in farmed fish and the function of their motivational systems. This knowledge has high relevance for the assessment of welfare, since only sentient (conscious) beings are considered as moral...

Awarded: NOK 0.81 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Vannkvalitet, resirkulering og optimalisert algeproduksjon i klekkerier for torsk og kamskjell

Sagafjord Sea Farm AS og Scalpro AS har i flere år arbeidet for å bedre og stabilisere vannkvaliteten i yngelproduksjonen av henholdsvis torsk og kamskjell. Utviklingen går mot økt vannbehandling og resirkulering, men kunnskapsgrunnlaget knyttet til dette i marine systemer er lite utviklet. Ukon...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Utvikling av oppdrett- og bruk av berggylte i lakseoppdrett til kontinuerlig kontroll med lakselus

Prosjektet har et todelt formål: 1. Utvikle metodikk/protokoller for oppdrett av beiteklar bergylte med kjent helsestatus og i de mengder, kvalitet og størrelsesgrupper som næringen etterspørr. 2. Utvikle metodikk/protokoller for bruk av oppdrettet beitek lar berggylte ved lusekontroll i kommersi...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Møre og Romsdal

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

National resources for genomics, functional genomics and health research in Atlantic salmon and Atlantic cod. WP 3 (tidl del av177030)

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Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Detection, characterization and differentiation of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) strains in farmed Atlantic salmon

IPN outbreaks are seen both in the freshwater and seawater phase of the production, resulting in severe annual losses, and has emerged as a severe threat to the economy of the fish-farming industry. According to recent estimates, the yearly losses due to IPN in Norway are NOK 1 billion. This pro...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Møre og Romsdal

EVA-Evaluering

Følgeevaluering av verdiskapingsprogrammet for kulturminner

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Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Kortere generasjonsintervall hos laks

I avlsarbeidet ønsker vi størst mulig avlsframgang per år samtidig som næringen ønsker stor fleksibilitet i smoltproduksjonen slik at smolt kan settes ut og fisk slaktes hele året. Dersom generasjonsintervallet for laks kan reduseres fra fire til tre år, vil den avlsmessige framgangen øke med 33 ...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2015

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

The use of rheotactic and optometry responses in order to slaughter salmon at a rested state

New legislations regarding slaughter practices of farmed fish in Norway are expected to be enforced by 2007. The directive is expected to ban the current use of carbon dioxide to anaesthetise the fish before bleeding, and only stunning methods which rende r the fish unconscious immediately (e.g. ...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

The Hardangerfjord Salmon Lice Project

This three-year research effort will focus on the interactions of salmon lice between farmed and wild salmonids in the Hardangerfjord and will be a continuum of the project which was initiated in 2004 (http://www.nina.no; attachment:NFRProgressReportHarda nger2005). The applied project consists o...

Awarded: NOK 5.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Farmed Cod in the European Market: Market Potential and Substitution Effects

The European Union (EU) is the major market for wild cod and farmed salmon and is likely to be the major market for farmed cod as well. The export of farmed cod is still small, but grew with 292% from 2004 to 2005. Projections suggest the supply of farmed cod will continue to grow, and that Norw...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Akershus

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Harvesting zooplankton by bubble flotation

The current proposal outlines a new approach and technology to harvest copepods in the ocean. The project aims to test and build the prototype of a platform for practical use, which is designed to harvest copepods in the size groups where the economically important groups in Norwegian waters are...

Awarded: NOK 6.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage